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“I just–“ “She’s your friend,” Peter said, “I understand. I will do my best, you know that. But, once the arm is good, you can see for yourself.” Bell said nothing but nodded in understanding.. “Thank the Goddess,” Peter said dramatically, bringing his hands up into a prayer pose. Then, he pushed off from the…

“Did she shift inside?” Bell asked herself aloud. As she reached the top of the stairs, she listened carefully for even the slightest sound. She could hear a heartbeat. It was erratic. She followed it to Renee’s bedroom, finding even more destruction the closer she came. As she opened the door, she was overwhelmed by…

“Twins?” Selene tried to remember; it was a word she had heard before. It was on a program she had seen. Siblings of some kind. “Isn’t it a pair of siblings?” she asked. “It is a pair of siblings born together. Either one that became two, or two, treated as one.” “Ok… but I don’t…

“What do you mean?” he asked. “The other night, when Selene’s heart stopped, so did Alexander’s,” she replied, “and when she was sick from the wolfsbane? He felt it, reacted to it all the way in Summer.” Bell felt happy with her words, joyous even. Such a bond was rare. From the moment Bell had…

“I understand your concerns, but if that is the will of the Goddess….” “It cannot be. It is a mistake the Priestesses will make clear.” Corrine did not respond, only letting out a sigh and squeezing him tighter. “At least Jackson has remained calm,” Wyatt commented, “he waits patiently. Of course, that just proves his…

“The Priestess?” she asked. Corrine nodded. “The Priestesses are like a pack all their own,” Corrine began. “Children from all over the world are sent to them.” Corrine saw the immediate concern in Selene’s eyes. “Not many, at most, once a year, and it is not forced,” she explained. “After their first shift, a wolf…

‘She doesn’t have to be awake for the blessing of the Goddess or the marking.’ Jackson’s words at the hospital called out to her and sent a chill down her spine. At the time, Corrine had found his idea unacceptable, but she understood why he suggested it. He was scared. He was trying to do…

Now dressed in sweatpants and a t-shirt, Selene sat cross-legged on her bed with her hair pulled up into a simple ponytail. She looked up at her mother and then quickly away. She didn’t have a good answer. “At first, I wasn’t sure what was happening. Then, I thought maybe it was something about the…